It takes eight and a half minutes for light to get from the sun to earth.
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Some asteroids have other asteroids orbiting them.
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The ashes of the man who discovered Pluto are currently en route to dwarf planet, scheduled to arrive on the 14th of July, 2015.
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The heart of an astronaut actually gets smaller when in outer space.
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A neutron star (what remains after a Super Nova) is so dense that a portion of it the size of a sugar cube would weigh as much as all of humanity, or more than all the cars in the United States.
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In space, astronauts cannot cry properly, because there is no gravity, so the tears can't flow down their faces!
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In outer space there exists a gigantic cloud of alcohol which can be used to produce 400 trillion trillion pints of beer.
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There are two golf balls sitting on the moon.
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